Seven Dials (Mystery) on Netflix - car?
Seven Dials (Mystery) on Netflix - car?
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shoestring7

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6,167 posts

267 months

Yesterday (12:50)
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Not sure if this is the right forum but I can't find anything with search.

Anyone know what the vintage tourer driven by the protagonist in the new Netflix Agatha Christie is? I think it's a Hispano Suiza in the book, but this looks like something British. The actresses small stature mean its a bit difficult to see the scale, looks a bit like a 2l Lagonda, or maybe an Alvis?


ikarl

3,868 posts

220 months

Yesterday (12:58)
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Aww come'on, that's an easy one wink

fairly sure (80%) that's a Citroen Type C (5hp) from early 1920's

Tommo87

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134 months

Yesterday (13:02)
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I actually watched this last night and I m sure she asked her mother (HBC) if she could borrow the Lagonda?

If I am mistaken, she definitely mentioned the car by name.


Granadier

1,057 posts

48 months

Yesterday (13:05)
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Yes, in the dialogue it s described as a Lagonda - doesn t mean it actually is one of course. In the book she drove a Hispano, I agree.
The steering wheel looks massive for her.
Captain Hastings drove a 2.0 Lagonda in the 1980s Poirot series incidentally, though that was set about a decade later

Edited by Granadier on Monday 19th January 13:08

ikarl

3,868 posts

220 months

Yesterday (13:56)
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Hispano was a massive luxury car of the time.... MUCH more substantial than the car in the pic

same for a 20-30's Lagonda... would've been longer, lower and chunkier screen, with more of a prominent screen/scuttle

this is a similar age c3 cabriolet (which I think it is)


Edited by ikarl on Monday 19th January 13:59

WPA

13,227 posts

135 months

Yesterday (14:09)
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Found on FB from when they were filming in Bath


ikarl

3,868 posts

220 months

Yesterday (14:36)
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In which case.... I am miles wrong with my previous responses saying it's a Citroen!!

Though still not a Lagonda or Hispano as they both had enclosed front wheels

Possibly just something that reads as vintage on the camera.... like a Ford Model A with extensive mods (zooming in on that pic I think there is one single transverse spring running across the chassis (signature Ford Model T / Model A))

nicanary

10,890 posts

167 months

Yesterday (15:04)
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Lagonda 2-litre definitely. Some have flowing wings, some have cycle-wings.

WPA

13,227 posts

135 months

Yesterday (15:07)
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From the Bristol Post



ikarl

3,868 posts

220 months

Yesterday (15:38)
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Ok… yes, that’s more lagonda than something made specifically for the show!!

ikarl

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220 months

Yesterday (15:40)
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shoestring7

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267 months

Yesterday (17:08)
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ikarl said:
Good shout, thanks. Somewhat anachronistic as the series was set in 1925!